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Home movie shot at the Jerome (Arkansas) Relocation Center, ca. June 1944. Jerome was the last concentration camp for Japanese Americans to open and the first to close; upon its closing, detainees were transported to nearby Rohwer and camps in other states. This Kodachrome film was shot by an unknown cameraperson and found on eBay. Includes shots of camp civilian and military staff, camp buildings, Japanese Americans incarcerated in the camp, a high-school graduation, young people reading the...favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews ) Topics: Japanese Americans, concentration camps, incarceration, racism, Asian Americans, Arkansas, World...

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Evocative silent Kodachrome compendium of San Francisco scenes just before the U.S. entered World War II, concentrating on aerials, Chinatown, Market Street, and transportation scenes.favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews ) Topic: San Francisco: Scenics: Historical

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Investigation of German industrial production capabilities after the devastation of World War II. With striking images of destroyed German cities and factories. Amateur film made by George T. Fonda, assistant to the president, Weirton Steel Company.favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews ) Topics: World War II: Postwar issues, World War II: Germany, Germany

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Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse.favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 14 reviews ) Topics: Amateur films, Home movies, South Dakota: Everyday life

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Amateur film made in Manhattan, New York City during World War II, showing a Greenwich Village street art exhibition, springtime at Coney Island, and Greenwich Village stilled by a snowstorm.favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews ) Topics: Amateur films, New York City: History, Weather: Blizzards

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Investigation of German industrial production capabilities after the devastation of World War II. With striking images of destroyed German cities and factories. Amateur film made by George T. Fonda, assistant to the president, Weirton Steel Company.favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews ) Topics: World War II: Postwar issues, World War II: Germany, Germany

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Investigation of German industrial production capabilities after the devastation of World War II. With striking images of destroyed German cities and factories. Amateur film made by George T. Fonda, assistant to the president, Weirton Steel Company.favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews ) Topics: World War II: Postwar issues, World War II: Germany, Germany

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Investigation of German industrial production capabilities after the devastation of World War II. With striking images of destroyed German cities and factories. Amateur film made by George T. Fonda, assistant to the president, Weirton Steel Company.favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews ) Topics: World War II: Postwar issues, World War II: Germany, Germany

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Riotous celebrations in San Francisco and Redwood City, California as soldiers, sailors and civilians celebrate the end of World War II.favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews ) Topics: San Francisco: World War II: Postwar, Celebrations, Riots

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Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse. From towards the end of 0692_HM_Ivan_Besse_collection_Britton_South_Dakota_1938-39_Reel_1_12_01_09_00favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 8 reviews ) Topics: Amateur films, Home movies, South Dakota: Everyday life

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Life in the San Francisco Bay Area just after World War II: families stand on the Golden Gate Bridge and watch troops returning on naval vessels; a man spraypaints a car; the China Clippers and other aircraft fly around the Bay; a baby girl plays with blocks; a family picnics.favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews ) Topics: San Francisco: World War II: Postwar, Motion pictures: Amateur, San Francisco Bay Area

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Home movies documenting a visit to San Francisco and Florida, and perhaps other areas, in the late 1940s-early 1950s.favoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews ) Topics: San Francisco, Florida, travel and tourism, home movies

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Evocative silent Kodachrome compendium of San Francisco scenes just before the U.S. entered World War II, concentrating on aerials, Chinatown, Market Street, and transportation scenes.favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews ) Topic: San Francisco: Scenics: Historical

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Home movies shot at Monnier School, Detroit, Michigan, approximately 1947. Sequences include scenes in and around the school and parking lot, art classes, students (including several pairs of twins) in class, teachers in parking lot, teacher slipping as he descends steps and retracing his movements a second time for the camera, and a field trip via bus to the Diego Rivera murals at the Detroit Institute of Arts Museum.favoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews ) Topics: home movies, Detroit, children, schools, teachers, field trips, Diego Rivera, Detroit Institute of...

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Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse. This is from the beginning of 0693_HM_Ivan_Besse_collection_Britton_South_Dakota_1938-39_Reel_3_10_00_53_00favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews ) Topics: Amateur films, Home movies, South Dakota: Everyday life

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Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse. This is from 0693_HM_Ivan_Besse_collection_Britton_South_Dakota_1938-39_Reel_3_10_00_53_00favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews ) Topics: Amateur films, Home movies, South Dakota: Everyday life